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Poe’s Life. Poe’s Life. Poe’s Literature. Parts of Speech. Vocabulary. 1pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1pt. 1 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2pt. 2pt. 2 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 5pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. In what city did Edgar Allan Poe die?. Baltimore. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Poe’s Life Poe’s LifePoe’s
LiteratureParts of Speech
Vocabulary
In what city did Edgar Allan Poe
die?
Baltimore.
In what city was Edgar Allan Poe
born?
Boston
How old was Edgar Poe when his mother died?
Three years old.
What disease did his mother
die of?
Tuberculosis (TB)
What was his foster mother’s
and foster father’s last
name.
Allan.
In what country did Poe go to boarding school?
England
For how many years did Poe live in Philadelphia?
Six years.
Mr. Allan agreed to send Poe to another school after his wife died. What school did Edgar attend after the Univ.
of VA?
The United States Military
Academy at West Point.
Who is Maria
Clemm?
Edgar’s father’s sister (Poe’s aunt).
How old was Virginia Clemm
when she married Edgar
Poe?
13
What poem does Poe write that
involves “a love that was more than
a love”?
Annabel Lee
What one word does the
Raven say?
“Nevermore.”
Where is the Raven now
(according to the poem)?
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above his
chamber door.
After committing “the perfect
crime,” why does the Caretaker
confess he did it to the police?
He had a guilty conscience and/or
he wanted the beating of the heart (that he
heard in his head) to stop.
How many rooms are there in Prince
Prospero’s castellated abbey?
Seven.
In “The Cask of Amontillado,”
What clothing is Fortunato wearing?
Motley.
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” what color is Montresor wearing?
Black.
What two images does Montresor’s coat of arms have on it?
A foot crushing a snake that is biting the foot.
“The Masque of the Red Death” is an allegory.
What is its allegorical or
symbolic meaning?
No one can escape death,
or it is impossible to avoid disease by hiding from it,
or upper classes can not avoid the problems of the larger society
by isolating themselves.
How long after Fortunato’s death
does Montresor tell someone that he
killed him?
Fifty years.
What part of speech is “decorum,” as in “There were some
people at the wedding who were not behaving with proper decorum.”
Noun.
What part of speech is “embellish?” as in:
“The architects embellished the
columns with gold leaf.”
Verb.
What part of speech is “disconcerting,” as
in “The carriage gave a disconcerting
lunge and rolled over.”
Adjective.
What is the definition of “sagacious?”
Wise, shrewd, very discerning.
What is the definition of
“impetuous?”
Hasty, rash, impulsive